With Easter just a few days away (March 31), many people are sure to be hard-boiling some eggs and buying a PAAS dye kit. Rather than going with one of the predetermined themes that accompany these packs, why not venture into the world …

Helena Bonham Carter is one of Hollywood’s great eccentrics, and when she married Tim Burton, who directed her in the new Alice in Wonderland, it made total sense. They are both go-my-own-way, artist types.